Marina Volkova, editor of the political department of Rossiyskaya Gazeta, will become the new director of the government department for preparing texts for public speeches of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, according to the Rossiyskaya Gazeta website. Volkova confirmed that she was offered to head the department. She noted that she was grateful to Rossiyskaya Gazeta for the experience gained and that it was thanks to it that the offer for a new position became possible.

Lawyers for opposition leader Alexei Navalny can contact the law enforcement agencies of Montenegro in connection with the alleged forgery of his signature on the constituent documents of the MRD company only through the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Interfax reports , citing a representative of the press office of the police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Montenegro.

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the North-Western Federal District has charged all 30 defendants in the criminal case regarding the attack on the Prirazlomnaya platform with piracy, the reported on Thursday. department’s press service All 30 people - Greenpeace activists and crew members of the icebreaker Arctic Sunrise - are accused of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 227 of the Criminal Code (piracy committed by an organized group).

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that he will go to appeal the verdict in the Kirovles case on October 9, since the Moscow City Court postponed the consideration of the appeal of Navalny's defense, scheduled for the same day, against the decision of the Basmanny Court, which recognized the legality of the initiation of a case on the theft of funds from the Yves Rocher Vostok company in relationship between the politician and his brother.

Hotels in a former monastery and train station, on a coffee plantation and other winners of the Fodor's Hotel Awards The largest publisher of guidebooks and other materials for tourists in English, Fodor's, presented the 100 best hotels. Fodor's, a prestigious award for the tourism industry, is presented annually in several categories, including, for example, hotels with the best beaches, the best cuisine, located in the most exotic surroundings and the best preserved local flavor.

European antitrust authorities are preparing to charge Gazprom with abusing its dominant position in Central and Eastern Europe, for which the gas holding company could face a fine of up to $15 billion, Reuters reports, citing European Commissioner for Competition Joaquín Almunia. Almunia said at a press conference in Vilnius that regulators conducting an antimonopoly investigation into Gazprom have begun preparing a statement of claims against the Russian company.

Accused of large-scale theft of money from Alfa Bank and wanted, former co-owner of the Eldorado chain and head of the Banana Mama group of companies, Oleg Yakovlev, addressed on his Facebook page the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group, Mikhail Fridman (No. 2 in the ranking of “Russia’s richest businessmen” according to Forbes, wealth - $16.5 billion) with a request to help stop “public insults and pressure” from Alfa Bank employees.

Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama may meet on October 7 on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Indonesia, RIA Novosti reports citing Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov. According to Ushakov, this was a Russian initiative, which “was immediately picked up by the American side.” The idea for the meeting arose during the preparations for the APEC summit.

The telecommunications holding Garsdale, controlled by USM Holdings of Alisher Usmanov (No. 1 on the list of the richest businessmen in Russia, net worth $17.6 billion), bought back 13.5% of its capital from the owners of the Telconet Capital fund Albert Avdolyan (No. 143 on the Forbes list, net worth $0.7 billion) and Sergei Adonyev (No. 144, $0.7 billion), the Prime agency reported , citing a USM message.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma, according to which a ban will actually be introduced on the admission of migrant children to kindergartens and schools if their parents do not pay taxes in Russia. The relevant documents were posted on Thursday in the database of the lower house of parliament.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on regulating prices during the Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi in 2014, the document was published on the government website on Thursday. The resolution, prepared by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia, contains a list of services whose prices are subject to regulation.

MTS and VimpelCom on Thursday tested subscriber number portability in Moscow in preparation for the introduction of the MNP (mobile number portability) service, which will allow subscribers to keep their number when changing mobile operators, the reported . press service of Rossvyaz The Central Scientific Research Institute of Communications (FSUE TsNIIS), subordinate to Rossvyaz, acted as the operator of the database of ported numbers.

Photo by Eric Millette for Forbes Palantir, whose services are used by the NSA, CIA and FBI, is valued at at least $5 billion, and its systems may have helped track down Osama bin Laden Alex Karp has a favorite spot near Stanford University: grassy hills surrounded by huge satellite dishes. But the director of Palantir, rumored to have helped track down Osama bin Laden, can't stand here alone and think.

Yandex is negotiating the acquisition of the Kinopoisk.ru portal, ITAR-TASS reported on Thursday , citing several informed sources. One of them told the agency that negotiations have been going on for a month and a half. And Yandex does not rule out consolidating 100% of Kinopoisk.ru. According to the source, the deal will be based on Yandex options. portal The Kinopoisk.ru has existed since 2003. On it you can find information about films, their creators, and actors.

The shooting occurred near the Capitol building in central Washington, where the US Congress meets; according to preliminary data, one police officer was injured, the Associated Press reports, citing the police. Initially, security was increased in the Capitol area. People were advised to take shelter in a safe place, not to go outside and not to approach windows and doors. The Bloomberg agency tweeted .